File extension WPD

File extension WPD is one of the file extensions that define type of the file and its contents.

WPD files are documents created through the WordPerfect program developed by Corel. WordPerfect was a popular advanced document editing software application that was discontinued for DOS and Mac OS a long time back and only the Windows version is under development now. WPD files can be saved in more usable formats like DOC and RTF through WordPerfect itself.

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Files on computers are grouped together into folders. Folders can contain files or other folders within them. Folders help keeps your computer files organized. Learn more about files and folders.

Files can contain different kinds of information – text documents, spreadsheets with numbers, pictures, videos, music, maps, etc… In order to tell which file contains which data, file extensions are used. File extension is a part of a file name that comes after the last dot. Examples of file extensions are JPEG, DOC, MP3, MP4, etc. A rough analogy would be person’s last name. Just like it, file extension identifies which “family” of files, specific file belongs to. Learn more about file extensions.

From computer’s point of view all files contain just long strings of numbers. It is computer applications (aka software) is what translates these numbers into useful, text images, and sounds. In order to open the file correctly, computer must use correct application that is appropriate for a file type (Word processor for text documents, photo application for image files, etc). Each file extension is assigned main default application that opens it and a number or additional applications that user can choose from. Information about these assignments is stored in Windows Registry. Failure to open files often results from Windows registry being corrupted. Learn more about Windows Registry.